Watercolor Painting of Egypt's Tenth Plague

2. A devastating watercolor painting of the collective grief of Egypt at midnight during the tenth plague—the death of the firstborn. The composition shows multiple Egyptian households in a Bronze Age city quarter, all experiencing loss simultaneously. Through windows and open doorways, Egyptian people in nightclothes are visible in postures of unbearable grief—parents collapsed over still forms, people stumbling into streets, arms raised in anguish toward an indifferent heaven. The sound of wailing is almost visible in the painting through body language and open mouths. The night is dark but starlit, creating a cold, merciless beauty that contrasts with human suffering. The color palette is dominated by the deep blues and blacks of night, with warm lamplight from doorways illuminating scenes of universal mourning. This is the plague that finally breaks Pharaoh, painted with compassion for all who suffer in the ancient biblical world.